Voormalige gedetineerde Carl Cattermole, die een boek heeft geschreven over hoe je moet overleven in de lik bij prisonism.co.uk, zegt dat gesmokkelde telefoons over te vinden zijn in de lik.
Hij zegt: ‘Things like iPhones are rare in prison. Most phones go up a bum at some point or another, so f**k an iPhone 6 Plus, or, rather, don’t. ‘You’d look like Spongebob Squarepants: a rectangle with limbs hanging off. Having said that, I knew a dwarf who plugged a Blackberry.’ But the owner of a company selling the phones described the Fly model as ‘pretty good’ – but warned against sticking them up your backside. ‘If someone rang me and said, “I’m going to put one of these up my a***hole,” I’d say don’t. I’ve heard of people saying they’ve had some of these small phones on charge and they’ve blown up.’